CH 3

“No.” Luo Ning looked at his pretentious face and couldn’t be bothered to talk nonsense with him.

It had always been like this. Whenever they had an argument about Bo Xiangxiang, he would get impatient and say that they were platonic friends, and that she was being too narrow-minded, unreasonable, and stubborn.

Ji Xingheng stood up, looked at her and said, “If you still want to keep our relationship, then stop making trouble. Go back to your room and reflect on what you said today, listen to Brother Yan, and post on Weibo.”

Luo Ning sneered. “I haven’t done anything wrong. There’s no way I’m going to reflect, let alone post on Weibo, so there’s no need to continue our relationship.”

She raised her head and looked at Ji Xingheng, speaking in a serious tone, “You’re not worthy of my liking and compromise now, let’s break up.”

They had grown up together, even going to school and eating together. Whenever she was bullied as a child, he would protect her and beat those people up, and then use her favorite snacks to make her laugh. Even though he always had a look of arrogance and dislike when he was nice to her, there was care and affection hidden in his eyes. That was why she liked him so much in the past, relied on him, skipped a grade for him, learned to cook, softened her temper, joined the entertainment circle for him, and so on. But she didn’t expect that in the end she would bring about such an ending in her previous life.

She was blacklisted by the entire Internet and forced out of the entertainment world. Restrained by the will of the book, she involuntarily went up to the roof of a building. Before she having the uncontrollable urge to jump, she called him, but the person who answered the phone was Bo Xiangxiang. At her most desperate and helpless moment, he was by Bo Xiangxiang’s side, who had set her up and deliberately injured her, sending her to the hospital.

Everything must have been deliberately planned by Yan Qiuping and Bo Xiangxiang, but she couldn’t forgive and let go. The moment she jumped off the roof, the wind whistled in her ears as her body fell, and she had only one thought. If there was an afterlife, she would never love him again.

The book ended with her death by suicide. She didn’t know if the rest of the story was unfinished or if she just couldn’t read it. So she didn’t know how Ji Xingheng reacted when he heard the news that she had jumped off the building and died. Would he have been sad or indifferent? Of course, no matter what the result was, it didn’t matter to her anymore.

Ji Xingheng couldn’t believe her words and said, “Can you stop messing around, is breakup something to say casually?”

It wasn’t as if they had never argued before, but she had never mentioned breakup.

“So I’m serious,” Luo Ning said calmly.

Ji Xingheng clenched his hands into fists and stared fixedly at her, “Are you sure you want to break up with me?”

“Of course.” Luo Ning looked at him lightly, her eyes unwavering.

Ji Xingheng met her never-before-seen indifferent eyes, and a feeling of panic welled up inside him. “We date, we break up, it’s all up to you. On what basis? I don’t agree.”

Luo Ning raised her eyebrows. “I dumped you unilaterally, do I still need your consent?”

Ji Xingheng’s face darkened. Gritting his teeth, he said, “Luo Ning, you are the one who said that. Don’t regret it.”

“Let’s not contact each other in the future if there’s nothing important.” Luo Ning threw the door key in her hand onto the coffee table without hesitation. After speaking, she stopped looking at him, turned around and went into her room to pack up.

Standing outside, Ji Xingheng’s eyes were dark and heavy. He threw the phone in his hand and smashed it on the ground, showing that he was in an extremely bad mood.

Yan Qiuping never expected Luo Ning to take the initiative to break up, but it was a good thing. Originally, he was not going to do anything to Luo Ning for Ji Xingheng’s sake, but now he had a reason to let her know that this manager was not so easy to bully and offend.

He patted Ji Xingheng’s shoulder helplessly. “Xingheng, Luo Ning is probably just using the breakup to mess with you. It will be fine once her anger subsides. Try to humor her and give in first.” He spoke as if to comfort him, but it only added fuel to the fire.

“I’m not in the wrong, why do I have to give in first?” Although, Ji Xingheng also felt that Luo Ning was retreating to advance. He was just helping a friend, it wasn’t as bad as she said. However, he didn’t know why, but at this moment, he felt anxious.

He spoke again, “Brother Yan, can you come back another day?”

“Okay, I’ll take my leave. I’ll ask the movie crew to give you some time off in the afternoon.”

Ji Xingheng was really not in the mood to continue filming, so he nodded and said, “Okay!”

After Yan Qiuping left, he thought for a moment and then took out his phone to call Bo Xiangxiang. When she picked up, he told her about the current situation.

Bo Xiangxiang pondered for a while and asked, “They really broke up? Luo Ning was actually willing?”

“This time, Luo Ning had a tougher attitude towards me and Xingheng. I think she might be serious,” Yan Qiuping replied.

Then he said uncertainly, “Of course, based on how much she cares about Xingheng, she could just be playing hard to get.”

“It would be best if they broke up. If she’s just playing hard to get, I’ll let her play with fire and set herself on fire.” Bo Xiangxiang didn’t expect that it would be so easy to provoke a conflict between the two, and she felt a sudden sense of superiority.

She then narrowed her eyes and said, “Luo Ning didn’t agree to admit to what happened last night, but she’ll have no choice.”

This was all planned by her, and Luo Ning would be the scapegoat whether she wanted to or not.

Yan Qiuping was a smart person and immediately guessed what she meant. “Okay, I’ll contact someone to release the news.”

“Thank you, Brother Yan,” Bo Xiangxiang chuckled lightly with a hint of flirtatiousness in her voice. Yan Qiuping was already captivated by her, so she wasn’t worried about him betraying her.

Inside the apartment, Luo Ning had already packed her bags. She didn’t have many things, and she managed to fit everything into two large suitcases. Dragging the suitcases out of the room, Luo Ning saw Ji Xingheng leaning against the cabinet by the front door with his arms crossed. She quickly looked away, pulled the suitcases, and walked over to open the door.

Seeing her so determined made Ji Xingheng feel even more uncomfortable. He reached out and grabbed her arm. “This is the apartment my mother bought for us, do you really want to move out?”

“Don’t go snitching to her that I kicked you out.”

Back then, his mother originally wanted to put the apartment under Luo Ning’s name but she refused.

Luo Ning didn’t turn her head, and broke free of his hand, “Don’t worry, I will talk to Auntie, and I won’t put blame on you.”

As for Ji Xingheng’s mother, even though they had broken up, she would still treat her like an elder. After all, the woman truly loved her and took care of her like a daughter.

“After walking out of this door, it will not be so easy to come back,” Ji Xingheng emphasized, pursing his lips.

Luo Ning didn’t hesitate, dragging the suitcases behind her and leaving without looking back.

When Ji Xingheng saw her resolutely walking away, he felt as if a piece of his heart had been dug out, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. But he didn’t go after her to make up. He thought that it was just Luo Ning throwing a fit, and when her anger subsided, she would regret having such a serious fight with him, and then she would take the initiative to come back to him.